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Confessions Of An Actress

Confessions Of An Actress

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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/subscribe Hosted by Broadway, TV and Film Actress, Author Meredith Patterson. Each week, Meredith sits down with her guests to catch up about their life in the entertainment industry. Authentic. Honest. Vulnerable.  Every Wednesday, Meredith gives you tips on how actresses and artists stay healthy; body, mind & spirit, in her bonus episodes called #WellnessWednesday. She is a board certified holistic health coach and graduate of The Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC and National Holistic Institute in Los Angeles. 
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33- Happy New Year

Confessions Of An ActressJan 03, 2020

Episode 97 - Confessions with Meredith

Episode 97 - Confessions with Meredith

In keeping with authenticity, this is not the 99th episode as I said, it is truly the 97th. This is my confession and a deep dive into how I am unwinding so many beliefs. I dive into my connection to my worth being what I have accomplished as an artist and how I still don’t believe I have made it in the entertainment industry.
Dec 08, 202332:10
#WellnessWednesday - Covert Narcissism

#WellnessWednesday - Covert Narcissism

Meredith talks at length about her own dealings with covert narcissism in her life and family. Please read VeryWellMind.com article about Understanding The Covert Narcissist. Follow @terricole and YouTube psychologist Barbara Heffernan for more information on signs and recovery tips for Narcissism.
Nov 15, 202327:05
#WellnessWednesday - Addiction

#WellnessWednesday - Addiction

This Wellness Wednesday dives into the 6 personality traits of addiction and addicts. If you need help and are an addict please reach out to your local facility, a family member or friend for help. RIP Matthew Perry 💔
Nov 08, 202321:46
#WellnessWednesday - Success Momentum

#WellnessWednesday - Success Momentum

Meredith gives tips on how to help obtain your goals and keep success momentum.
Oct 25, 202311:10
#WellnessWednesday - Tips to Release Stored Trauma in your Body

#WellnessWednesday - Tips to Release Stored Trauma in your Body

This wellness Wednesday, Meredith talks about releasing stored trauma from your body and gives you tips on how to do it.
Oct 04, 202328:25
96 - Confessions with Meredith

96 - Confessions with Meredith

In this episode, Meredith gets vulnerable and authentic about her journey as an actress in the entertainment industry and where she is today. Follow her on social media @confessionsofanactress @merpatterson @merieproductions
Sep 29, 202322:30
#WellnessWednesday - The Million Dollar Morning Routine
Feb 22, 202323:13
95 - Confessions with Meredith

95 - Confessions with Meredith

In this brief episode Meredith talks about how simply shifting your energy can bring what you want closer to reality!
Feb 17, 202310:38
#WellnessWednesday - Depression

#WellnessWednesday - Depression

In this bonus episode Meredith talks about depression, clinical and with her own personal experience
Feb 15, 202313:11
94 - Confessions with Meredith
Feb 03, 202321:53
#WellnessWednesday - Doing Things That Scare You
Feb 01, 202314:29
93 - Happy 2023 - Welcome Merie Productions
Jan 06, 202311:53
#WellnessWednesday - The Five Stages Of Grief

#WellnessWednesday - The Five Stages Of Grief

In this bonus episode Meredith talks about the five stages of grief, from the famed Swiss psychologist Elizabeth Kubler Ross’ book On Death & Dying
Nov 30, 202215:53
92 - Confessions with Meredith

92 - Confessions with Meredith

Meredith covers a lot of ground with her opinion of being a woman in the entertainment industry, success, celebrity, hard work, talent and determination. Is that combo all you need to be super successful?
Sep 23, 202242:04
#WellnessWednesday - 5 Steps to Reinvent Yourself
Sep 14, 202222:16
91 - Confessions with Meredith

91 - Confessions with Meredith

Sep 02, 202211:51
#WellnessWednesday - 13 Principals of Think & Grow Rich
Aug 31, 202223:49
90 - Confessions with Meredith - Thrive On All Sides

90 - Confessions with Meredith - Thrive On All Sides

Confessions with Meredith about where she is, how she is feeling about performing, auditions, motherhood, and how it is a struggle trying to thrive on all sides of life.
Aug 26, 202218:02
#WellnessWednesday - The 5am Club

#WellnessWednesday - The 5am Club

Meredith talks about the transformation you can make with your life by joining The 5am Club, a method of starting your day from the book by Robin Sharma. Own your morning and elevate your life. 

Jun 22, 202221:25
89 - Confessions with Meredith

89 - Confessions with Meredith

Meredith talks about the necessary conversation of gun safety and the representation of guns in Hollywood.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jun/13/amy-schumer-julianne-moore-guns-film-tv

Jun 17, 202217:00
#WellnessWednesday - Professional & Personal Self Worth

#WellnessWednesday - Professional & Personal Self Worth

How Do We Separate Professional and Personal Identity? 

From Article https://www.thoughtfull.world/post/separating-professional-and-personal-identity

Our roles at work and our personal identity are closely intertwined. Imagine this common scenario: When someone asks us: “What do you do?” Most of us naturally reply with what wedo for work even when the question isn’t work-specific.

In social situations like these, our jobs provide us with a quick way to define and position ourselves in relation to others. While there’s nothing wrong with basing ourselves off our 9-5, it becomes concerning when our self-worth becomes too entangled with our professional lives.

A study published in the Journal of Organizational Behaviour stated how losing our jobs (andeven the fear of it) can negatively impact our self-esteem and wellbeing (1). Apart from dealing with the financial stress of job loss, people tend to struggle to separate themselves from their professional identity. So, what can we do about it?

Meredith talks about the importance of separating your work from your self worth.
A crippling and toxic connection for self esteem in actors and artists.

Jun 01, 202211:33
88 - Confessions with Meredith

88 - Confessions with Meredith

Meredith updates you on her life, her confessions and what’s new
May 27, 202217:29
#WellnessWednesday - Awards For Artists

#WellnessWednesday - Awards For Artists

Meredith talks about the emotional ups and downs of awards and striving for awards as an artist in this business.
May 11, 202216:17
87 - Confessions with Meredith

87 - Confessions with Meredith

Meredith talks about where she is now, what she’s looking forward to, why she started this podcast and thanks each and every one of you for supporting her always #confessionsofanactress
May 07, 202215:59
#WellnessWednesday - The Importance Of Downtime
Apr 27, 202207:00
86 - Confessions with Meredith

86 - Confessions with Meredith

After a long break, Meredith connects on losing legends in the Broadway community, Casting Director Jay Binder and Legendary Designer Tony Walton.
Apr 22, 202220:05
#WellnessWednesday - Expressing & Suppressing Emotions
Mar 23, 202218:31
#WellnessWednesday - Self Esteem, Doubt & Confidence
Nov 03, 202114:37
85 - My Broadway Audition

85 - My Broadway Audition

Meredith is back from hiatus and takes you through her audition for Music Man on Broadway!  Order her book "Confessions Of An Actress: From Chorus Girl to Broadway Star" on Amazon. Available on Kindle, Hardcover & Paperback.  Follow her on Instagram @merpatterson
Oct 31, 202135:09
84 - Confessions with Meredith

84 - Confessions with Meredith

The weekend after the release of her first book, Confessions Of An Actress: From Chorus Girl to Broadway Star, Meredith takes you through her feelings, thoughts and gratitude.
Available in Print and Kindle
Oct 31, 202112:40
#WellnessWednesday - Question Your Limiting Beliefs

#WellnessWednesday - Question Your Limiting Beliefs

Meredith guided you through 7 Journal Prompts to Question your limiting beliefs
Sep 08, 202109:04
#WellnessWednesday - Viceral Manipulation Therapy

#WellnessWednesday - Viceral Manipulation Therapy

Meredith talks about an incredible form of manual therapy called Viceral Manipulation she had performed at Fifth Avenue Massage in Whitefish, MT
Aug 25, 202106:39
83 - Confessions with Meredith

83 - Confessions with Meredith

Confessions of an Actress: From Chorus Girl to Broadway Star is now available for pre-order on @amazonkindle www.amazon.com/dp/B09BLXMZSC
Aug 20, 202113:42
#WellnessWednesday - Protect Your Energy

#WellnessWednesday - Protect Your Energy

Citing an article from PsychCentral.com, Meredith gives tips and insight on how to protect yourself from negative energy.
Aug 18, 202108:37
82 - Confessions with Meredith

82 - Confessions with Meredith

Before she goes on hiatus for the Summer, Meredith confesses a few things
May 28, 202114:53
#WellnessWednesday - Self Care

#WellnessWednesday - Self Care

Meredith talks about ways to take care of yourself, body, mind and spirit
May 27, 202107:26
81- Lois Grandi

81- Lois Grandi

Lois has been hailed by critics as one of the most highly respected directors in the Bay Area. She has directed over 75 productions at Playhouse West and other theatres throughout the country. Her versatility as a director ranges from Pinter’s Betrayal “Betrayal Sparkles” (San Francisco Chronicle) to Noel Coward’s Private Lives “The production is crisp, clean and wonderfully vicious in a velvet-lined sort of way” (Contra Costa Times) to Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend (Bay Area Critic’s Circle awards for Best Entire Production and Best Direction of a Musical) “Every facet of this musical gem has been polished – Leaves the audience cheering” (San Francisco Bay Times). Pat Craig of the Contra Costa Times wrote: “Playhouse West is the most consistently excellent theatre on this side of the hill, and one of the best in the entire Bay Area.” Lois has personally won 7 Bay Area Critic’s Circle Awards, 6 for directing and choreographing and 1 for Best Actress in 2001. Her World Premiere Production of the musical In This House garnered 4 Critic’s Circle Awards, 2 of which were awarded to Lois for Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical in 2008.
Lois Grandi launched her performing career at age of 12, as a solo ballet dancer with The Philadelphia Orchestra. At age 17, she ventured from Philadelphia to New York, where she became enamored with Musical Theatre. Shortly thereafter, she found herself doing the Charleston, singing and having a blast in the Off Broadway production of The Boy Friend at The Cherry Lane Theatre. Thus, her initiation into the professional theatre! Roles that followed, included Louise in Carousel with John Raitt, Leisl, in The Sound of Music, Tiger Lily in Peter Pan with Sandy Duncan and Betsy Palmer, and Laurey in Oklahoma! opposite Peter Palmer. While in New York, she made many TV commercials and industrial films. She launched the choreography facet of her career, with The Music Man starring Bert Parks.
Lois moved to The San Francisco Bay Area and raised her family. Back to work after a little break, she sang in many clubs in The Bay Area and made numerous industrial films and TV commercials. She had a recurring role in the TV series Up and Coming for PBS, and performed in and directed productions in various theatres in the area. In 1984 she founded The Performing Arts Academy (later re-named The Playhouse West Academy) and founded Playhouse West Theatre in 1995.
In 2005, Lois performed as Melinda Metz in Michael Weller’s What the Night is For. “Melinda changes before your very eyes – from coquettish to a neurotic mess. The actress does an emotional striptease with unusual skill in peeling off the character’s protective layers.” (Talkinbroadway.com). Earlier at Playhouse West she played the heart wrenching, handicapped Edna in Light Sensitive by Jim Geoghan. This role won her the Best Actress Critic’s Circle Award. “Lois Grandi shines in the role of Edna” East Bay Express.
She was most recently seen in the TV series Trauma and played Melissa in Love Letters at The Willows Theatre in 2009.
www.loisgrandi.com
May 21, 202101:18:13
#WellnessWednesday - 21 Tips for a better 2021
May 19, 202110:04
80 - Confessions with Meredith

80 - Confessions with Meredith

Meredith gives you a quick confession on what’s going on in her life 💚
May 14, 202109:49
#WellnessWednesday - PTSD
May 12, 202111:07
79 - Jess LeProtto

79 - Jess LeProtto

Jess LeProtto is a New Jersey native and Broadway performer, who holds a B.F.A. Musical Theater at Pace University. Broadway credits include: Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Cats (Mungojerrie), On The Town, Newsies (OBC), Bye Bye Birdie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and The Boy From Oz. National Tours/Regional Theater include: Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby Tucker), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Grand Ole Opry), American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (Joyce Theater), A Bronx Tale (Papermill Playhouse), In Your Arms (Old Globe Theater), Freddie Falls in Love (Signature Theater). Film/Television credits include: West Side Story (directed by Steven Spielberg), So You Think You Can Dance (Season 8, Top 8), Smash, Law & Order: SVU, One Life to Live, and the MTV VMAs. @jessleprotto www.jessleprotto.com
May 07, 202156:27
#WellnessWednesday - NUCCA

#WellnessWednesday - NUCCA

Meredith talks about the incredible chiropractic technique called NUCCA
May 05, 202112:50
78 - Ryan Shore

78 - Ryan Shore

RYAN SHORE is a 2x Emmy Award and Grammy Award nominated composer, songwriter, music director, and conductor for film, television, virtual reality, games, records, concerts, events, and theater. He is often known from his scores for numerous Star Wars animated series, Scooby-Doo! films, The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, and Go! Go! Cory Carson. Shore was Assistant Music Director and Contributing Composer / Arranger / Orchestrator for the 87th Academy Awards, where he worked with artists including Lady Gaga, John Legend, Adam Levine, Anna Kendrick, Common, Tim McGraw, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, and Jennifer Hudson. He is currently scoring the upcoming Lin-Manuel Miranda movie musical In The Heights (additional music), The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (HBO Max), Mark Steven Johnson’s romantic comedy feature Love, Guaranteed (Netflix), Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures (Lucasfilm), and score and songs for Go! Go! Cory Carson (Netflix). Shore’s 75+ scoring credits also include Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures Fun Facts (Lucasfilm), Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (Lucasfilm), Julie’s Greenroom (Netflix) starring Julie Andrews with all new Jim Henson puppets, The Shrine (Grammy Award nomination), R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (Emmy Award nomination), P.O.V. (Emmy Award nomination), score and songs for The Legend of Muay Thai: 9 SATRA (winner Thai Academy Award Best Score), Penn Zero: Part Time Hero (Disney), Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (Warner Bros), Scooby-Doo! And WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (Warner Bros), SpyHunter (Warner Bros), Prime (Universal), Harvard Man (Lions Gate), Cabin Fever 2(Lions Gate), score and songs for Sesame Street (PBS), and The X Factor (FOX). Shore has conducted orchestras including The New York Philharmonic, The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra, The Czech Philharmonic, and concerts for Pokemon Symphonic Evolutions and Soundtracks Live!  featuring music from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Shore’s Broadway and theatre credits include orchestrations and arrangements for Broadway concerts starring Tony Award winners Sutton Foster, Idina Menzel, Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Broderick, Kristen Chenoweth, Heather Headley, and Faith Prince, as well as music directing the Los Angeles production of Heathers: The Musical, directed by Andy Fickman. Shore plays saxophone and has performed with artists including John Williams, Matchbox Twenty, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Natalie Cole, Dave Koz, Arturo Sandoval, Gerry Mulligan, Ana Gasteyer, Mark Ballas, and Clark Terry. 


www.ryanshore.com 

www.instagram.com/ryanshore 

www.twitter.com/ryanshore 

www.facebook.com/ryanshoremusic

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Apr 23, 202101:02:08
#WellnessWednesday - Hot Springs

#WellnessWednesday - Hot Springs

Meredith talks about the benefits of Hot Springs. @fairmonthotsprings #fairmonthotsprings #hotsprings
Apr 21, 202108:38
77 - Dan Micciche

77 - Dan Micciche

Dan Micciche is a true Wizard of the Ozdust, in his post as the current music Director/Conductor of Wicked on Broadway! He’s been with the show for 6 years and counting, including the National/International tour. For his first 6 years of living in New York, Dan started out as an actor and played Mary Sunshine in Chicago for 2000 performances on Broadway as well as the National/Asian Touring companies. He’s also performed at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and 54 Below. A graduate of The Boston Conservatory of Music, Dan loves meeting students and fans for coachings and classes to make them Broadway-ready! @danmicciche
Apr 16, 202158:17
#WellnessWednesday - I Am Fully Vaccinated

#WellnessWednesday - I Am Fully Vaccinated

Meredith talks about her getting fully vaccinated for the Covid 19 Virus 💚
Apr 14, 202112:59
76 - Nathaniel Hill

76 - Nathaniel Hill

Nathaniel Hill is the New-York based founder and president of Broadway Plus VIP Services, the first and only company to fulfill and promote Official VIP experiences for Broadway shows. Broadway Plus creates unforgettable experiences for clients both virtually and live in New York City. These include star meet-and-greets, backstage tours, performance lessons, corporate events, bespoke travel itineraries, and more. Nathaniel is the lead producer of CLEOPATRA , the groundbreaking theatrical experience, which played to critical acclaim Off-Broadway in 2018. He proudly serves on the Junior Board of Make A Wish Foundation's New York chapter, aiding the organization's fundraising efforts and granting dozens of Broadway wishes each year.

Nathaniel’s professional experience includes freelance concert and workshop producing, company management at DR Theatrical, general management on Sting's The Last Ship, theater and concert advertising at Serino/Coyne, and management work on numerous Broadway and touring companies including Hamilton, Next to Normal, Billy Elliot, Ragtime, and Wicked. Nathaniel graduated from Duke University magna cum laude, having completed the University’s first undergraduate thesis in theater producing.
@broadwayplus
www.broadwayplus.com
Apr 02, 202133:23
#WellnessWednesday - Seaspiracy & Minimalism

#WellnessWednesday - Seaspiracy & Minimalism

Meredith talks about the new Netflix’s Documentary Seaspiracy and 9 Things We Should Never Minimize.
Mar 31, 202117:54
75 - I Got My First Vaccine Shot

75 - I Got My First Vaccine Shot

Meredith confesses what is was like to get her Covid vaccine shot, and the emotional, spiritual, religious and political journey she feels to get to this monumental day.
Mar 19, 202122:12
#WellnessWednesday - Side Hustle

#WellnessWednesday - Side Hustle

Meredith gives you advice from her own experience doing side hustles and recent articles from CastingFrontier.com about the best Side Hustles for actors and artists. Go to earnings.Arbonne.com for more information on being an Arbonne consultant. Go to www.MeredithBrayley.Arbonne.com to join Meredith’s digital business as a client or consultant.
Mar 17, 202118:20